Overview
- Sacramento signed Westbrook to a one‑year, roughly $3.6 million veteran‑minimum contract that multiple reports say is non‑guaranteed.
- Team evaluators cited a need for experience behind Dennis Schröder after poor bench production last season, and coach Doug Christie values Westbrook’s edge.
- Westbrook told reporters he does not plan to retire after 2025–26, reinforcing he intends to keep playing beyond this year.
- A viral video from a Kings–Lakers preseason game showed him declining to sign Lakers jerseys, while he appeared upbeat and engaged at Sacramento’s fan fest.
- The 2017 MVP declined a $3.5 million Nuggets option, went unsigned for months, and is expected to serve as the Kings’ reserve ball‑handler as the season opens this week.